Alfred Gordetsky

Alfred Gordetsky (died July 1921) was a Jewish Mob enforcer from Philadelphia who worked under Waxey Gordon during Prohibition. He was murdered in 1921 during a failed assassination attempt on Manny Horvitz.

Biography
Alfred Gordetsky was born to a Jewish family, and he became an enforcer for Waxey Gordon's Jewish Mob in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during Prohibition. Gordetsky accompanied Gordon to Atlantic City, New Jersey in July 1921 to meet with Atlantic City crime boss Jimmy Darmody, who wanted to ally with Gordon against rival Jewish mobster Manny Horvitz. Gordetsky used a box of toothpicks from Heilig's Chop House to clean some meat from between his teeth, annoying Gordon. Gordon informed Darmody that Gordetsky would assassinate Horvitz in Philadelphia, and that the two of them could do business together after Horvitz was killed.

On shabbat, Gordetsky headed to Horvitz's closed butcher shop in Philadelphia. A Jewish man hired by Gordon successfully begged for Horvitz to open his store so that he could buy two chickens, only to run away when Horvitz unlocked the door. Gordetsky shot Horvitz in the left shoulder with a shotgun, but Horvitz closed the door on Gordetsky's arm, preventing him from firing again. He then pulled him through the shop window, threw him against some cans, and buried a butcher's knife into his head when he attempted to turn and shoot him. Horvitz found the Heilig's Chop House toothpick box in Gordetsky's coat, revealing Darmody's role in the assassination attempt.